Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Krang Thesius/Archive

09 May 2015

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68.232.186.243 - Vandalism at Vanessa Lane, including absurd change to number of films.

104.156.228.167 - Adds absurd descriptors at Vanessa Lane. Repeats the vandalism to number of films at Vanessa Lane.

104.156.228.77 - Restores absurd descriptors at Vanessa Lane.

Krang Thesius - Adds new but similar absurd descriptors at Vanessa Lane.

70.180.243.218 - Edit warring at Mara Wilson, during which the user restored absurd descriptors at Vanessa Lane.

Spaderman - Created 20:57, May 8, 2015, two minutes after last edits by 70.180.243.218 to defend that IP's edit at Mara Wilson.

(I am unsure about the first three IPs, but the two named editors and last IP are pretty clear.) Sum mer PhD  (talk) 16:01, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Can you, please, provide some WP:diffs to show their similarity? Is there any other evidence against Spaderman except the time when the account was created?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:09, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added difs. Note that Spaderman is a SPA, created 2 minutes after the IP's last revert. The IP adds the material for the third time. two minutes later, Spaderman is created. 4 hours later, I reverted the IP's edit, with a 3RR warning. 10 hours later, Spaderman makes their first edit: restoring the IP's contested edit. Sockpuppetry (unlikely: meatpuppetry) is one explanation. A remarkable instance of synchronicity is the other. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 15:16, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * - - To compare  with . They are connected through (already blocked) .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  15:21, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Their technical details match, but due to the use of web hosts, the best I can say here is that it is that they are the same. . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:29, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocking the two registered accounts indefinitely. I agree that these are all most likely one person, who conducts a mix of vandalism and good-faith edits from IPs and throwaway accounts. IPs have been left untouched. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:49, 26 May 2015 (UTC)